Iran marks anniversary of U.S. embassy seizure

 A woman holds a poster of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini during a rally marking the 31st anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy outside the former U.S. embassy in downtown Tehran, capital of Iran, Nov. 4, 2010. Iranians on Thursday marked the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran by Iranian students 31 years ago. The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran on April 7, 1980 after a group of Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured some 60 U.S. diplomats in 1979, with 52 of them being in captivity for 444 days in the hostage crisis.
Iranians on Thursday marked the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran by Iranian students 31 years ago.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, now referred to as the "Den of Espionage", carrying flags, banners, chanted slogans against the U.S. and Israel.
They chanted slogans of "Death to the U.S." and "Down with Zionism", and vowed to follow the path of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini.
The demonstrators condemned the Western and U.S. imposed sanctions against the country and said that they still consider the U.S. as Iran's main enemy and the great Satan
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